Misinformation floods the internet as video game footage passed off as Israel-Hamas conflict

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Misinformation floods the internet as video game footage passed off as Israel-Hamas conflict

Video game footage is circulating on social media that purports to show the conflict between Hamas and Israel.An EU representative sent a letter to Elon Musk about its concerns regarding"illegal content and disinformation".

While the post is accompanied by the description,"More power to you #Hamas" the footage has nothing to do with the war, as it is actually a clip from a video game, calledThis post is now accompanied by a community note, which explains that it is not real footage, following an outcry from multiple journalists and publications about it.

The X accounts inaccurately translated Russian government officials as saying that they wanted to increase military conflict in Israel.The director of Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird, told News24 that misinformation surrounding the recent conflict was"worse than anything we have seen before". "The shades of grey in this particular conflict are really so many. Never mind 50, this is like a 100 or a 1 000."

Authorities and policymakers are also at risk of responding to incidents or allocating resources differently because of misinformation.

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